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Bora

A language of Peru

ISO 639-3: boa

Population	2,330 in Peru (2000). Population total all countries: 3,390.
Region	Northeast Yaguasyacu, Putumayo, Ampiyacu River area. 5 villages. Also in Brazil, Colombia.
Language map	Peru, reference number 13
Alternate names	Mirana
Dialects	Miraña. Distinct from Bora Muinane [bmr] but related. 94% intelligibility with Miraña dialect.
Classification	Witotoan, Boran
Language use	Official language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1982.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV.

Also spoken in:

Brazil

Language name	Miraña
Population	610 in Brazil (1997 ISA).
Region	Amazonas near the Solimões, between Tefé and Caiçara rivers, and along Brazilian Rio Iça.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 24
Alternate names	Bora, Boro
Dialects	Miranha (Miraña, Mirãnia).
Language use	457 Miranha in Brazil (1986 SIL) no longer speak the language.

Colombia

Language name	Bora
Population	450 in Colombia (1998 ISA).
Region	Amazonas, Bora in Providencia on Igaraparana (tributary of the Putumayo); Miraña on lower Caquetá River, near Cabinari River mouth.
Language map	Southern Colombia
Alternate names	Boro, Meamuyna
Dialects	Miraña (Miranha), Bora.
Comments	Miraña want a school. Some intermarriage with Ocainas and Huitotos.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Cowan, George M. 1981. "Whistled communication."

Parker, Steve. 2001. "The acoustic qualities of Bora vowels."

Payne, Doris L. 1999. Review of: Gramática del idioma bora, by Wesley Thiesen.

Sparing, Margarethe and others. 1976, 2008. Instrumentos musicales tradicionales de varios grupos de la selva Peruana.  

Theisen, Wesley, and others. 1975. Datos Etno-Lingüísticos 1.  

Thiesen, Eva, compiler. 1975. Textos folklóricos de los bora (Los cuentos de nuestros antepasados 2).  

Thiesen, Wesley and Eva Thiesen, compilers. 1998. Diccionario Bora-Castellano, Castellano-Bora.  

Thiesen, Wesley and Eva Thiesen. 1975. "Fonemas del bora."  

Thiesen, Wesley. 1969. "The Bora signal drums."

Thiesen, Wesley. 1975. "El sistema numérico del bora (huitoto)."  

Thiesen, Wesley. 1975. "Terminología bora de parentesco."  

Thiesen, Wesley. 1975. "Un informe breve de la morfología bora."  

Thiesen, Wesley. 1996. Gramática del idioma bora.  

Various authors. 1975. Datos Etno-Lingüísticos 18.  

Weber, David and Wesley Thiesen. 2001. "A synopsis of Bora tone."  

Weber, David and Wesley Thiesen. 2003. "Una sinopsis del tono bora."

Weber, David. 2002. "The structural status of Bora classifiers."  

Vernacular Publications

Caatúnúháámɨ 1-3. 1962.  

Cálculo 4. 1958.  

Cálculo 5. 1957.  

Cálculo 6. 1957.  

Cálculo 7. 1958.  

El manguare facilita la escritura del bora 3. 1989.  

El manguare facilita la lectura del bora 2. 1985.  

Méɨhdémúnáaúvú uubálleháñe 1. 1974.  

Muhdú pámeere páné iiñujɨ́ri ijcyáné mɨ́amúnaa meíjcyáiyóne. 1988.  

Naturaleza y vida social 1. 1958.  

Naturaleza y vida social 2. 1960.  

Naturaleza y vida social 3. 1960.  

Vamos a leer: Aprestamiento para la lectura y escritura 2. 1986.  

Wajácuháámɨ 1. 1954.  

Wajácuháámɨ 2. 1955.  

Wajácuháámɨ 3. 1955.  

Wajácuháámɨ 4-6. 1956.  

Wajácuháámɨ 7. 1956.